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Cemeteries In Ohio
This list of cemeteries in Ohio includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable. It does not include pet cemeteries. Champaign County * Mount Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church (West Liberty, Ohio), Mount Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church in West Liberty; NRHP-listed Cuyahoga County * Calvary Cemetery (Cleveland), Calvary Cemetery in Garfield Heights * Erie Street Cemetery in Cleveland * Holy Cross Cemetery in Brook Park * Knollwood Cemetery in Mayfield Heights * Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland * Mayfield Cemetery in Cleveland Heights * Monroe Street Cemetery in Cleveland * Woodland Cemetery (Cleveland), Woodland Cemetery in Cleveland Darke County * Greenville Mausoleum in Greenville; NRHP-listed Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cemeteries
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground and originally applied to the Roman catacombs. The term ''graveyard'' is often used interchangeably with cemetery, but a graveyard primarily refers to a burial ground within a churchyard. The intact or cremated remains of people may be interred in a grave, commonly referred to as burial, or in a tomb, an "above-ground grave" (resembling a sarcophagus), a mausoleum, columbarium, niche, or other edifice. In Western cultures, funeral ceremonies are often observed in cemeteries. These ceremonies or rites of passage differ according to cultural practices and religious beliefs. Modern cemeteries often include crematoria, and some grounds previously used for both, continue as crematoria as a principal use long after the interment areas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
